And some fool was questioning me about me talking about Bargnania moving back to his natural PF position- it came out of his own mouth as well. The lack of basketball knowledge from some folks is pure laughable.

Barg's also says Bosh always played hard and that everyone knew he was going to leave the last few months of the season- did not BC as well. Bosh never played with a real center when he started along side Bargnani- BC's fault.

I wouldn't trade him who knows he may become a better Player in his natural position.

PF, C semantics.

If Bargnani was going to became a real player like a number 1 overall pick should be it would have already happened- this is year 5. W/o Bosh, Bargnani isn't going to get as many clean looks as teams will now game plan for him as the #1 option for TO.

And some fool was questioning me about me talking about Bargnania moving back to his natural PF position- it came out of his own mouth as well. The lack of basketball knowledge from some folks is pure laughable.

Barg's also says Bosh always played hard and that everyone knew he was going to leave the last few months of the season- did not BC as well. Bosh never played with a real center when he started along side Bargnani- BC's fault.

I still say trade Barg's and build around the YG'z!!

The whole concept of a player's natural position does not have near the meaning that is used to. Today there are are so many hybrid players that play multiple positions. In the old days players were pretty clearly identified as a 1 - 5 and matched up that way. Today the game has become a lot more fluid and many players have to play multiple positions. However, I will take it one step further and say that in some offenses positions in the classical sense are meaningless. For example in the Princeton, Motion and Triangle offenses the classic point guard responsibilities get distributed among various players.

Lebron handled the ball more than anyone on the Cavs and I believe led the team in assists but he was not a Point Guard. So someone created the term Point Forward I believe when Bird played for Boston and Lebron is called a Point Forward. So what number is the classic position numbering system does that get?

On defense players match up regardless of what their offensive responsibilities are.

Bottom line I think that in today's game the idea of a "natural position" is unnatural. Players do what their offenses call for them to do at any given time and vice versa on defense.

Yes the term "natural position is still used" but has in my opinion become an outdated meaningless phrase.

Folks just better hope that Jay/BC doesn't start Andersen at center as so Bargnani can play PF.

Both players are soft jump shooting big men who get pushed around in the paint by more physical players you don't need any numbers, stats to come to that conclusion.

No one is going to say with a straight face that Bargnani can play team defense. It is clear that his team defense is horrible. However, his one on one defense has gotten a lot better and last season wasn't that bad for the most part. There were in fact a number of times last season that he played above average defense on the man that he was guarding.

Getting pushed around is in my opinion a vacuum argument. Basketball is not a single facet game. It is a multi-facet game. You would think that someone who has played the game knows that.

The results of how well a player's play impacts his team's results shows up not in a vacuum but in advanced stats that take into account the results of most of the important facets of a player's game. Anyone who is anyone in baseball uses advanced stats. Basketball probably because it is a faster more fluid game is harder to quantify when it comes to non-box score items such as "deflected passes", "times that a player is out of position on a play" etc, etc. Having said that, significant progress has been made in the gathering of vital facets of the game into quantifiable numbers as computer technology has improved. However, today other than a a limited number of fans and writers it is primarily team management that uses advanced stats in analyzing players' performances.

Bottom line is advanced stats reflect more than whether a player gets pushed around by bigger players but instead reflects the totality of their game and its impact on their team's on court results. That after all is what is important.

Now thats a shocker! Everyone on the team felt (is that a euphemism for knew?) for a couple of months that Bosh was going to leave? Why wasnt there a presser? How is it Doug Smith didnt report this thru his sources?

The whole concept of a player's natural position does not have near the meaning that is used to. Today there are are so many hybrid players that play multiple positions. In the old days players were pretty clearly identified as a 1 - 5 and matched up that way. Today the game has become a lot more fluid and many players have to play multiple positions. However, I will take it one step further and say that in some offenses positions in the classical sense are meaningless. For example in the Princeton, Motion and Triangle offenses the classic point guard responsibilities get distributed among various players.

Lebron handled the ball more than anyone on the Cavs and I believe led the team in assists but he was not a Point Guard. So someone created the term Point Forward I believe when Bird played for Boston and Lebron is called a Point Forward. So what number is the classic position numbering system does that get?

On defense players match up regardless of what their offensive responsibilities are.

Bottom line I think that in today's game the idea of a "natural position" is unnatural. Players do what their offenses call for them to do at any given time and vice versa on defense.

Yes the term "natural position is still used" but has in my opinion become an outdated meaningless phrase.

I don't know if I agree, I mean sure horford can play center but he gets beat up for his lack of size. Barg rebounding hurt because he doesn't play the center position the way it's suppose to be played, his game puts him out of position of getting lot of rebounds.

What I do agree with you on is that there are offensive schemes that can be run which will allow a team to do away with the conventional point guard. I personally wish Toronto ran these schemes and didn't have to rely on these guards that are currently on the roster who can not play defense.

End of the third round in a twelve-team league seems a little high to me. Wasn't he going around the 70th pick last season?

If you take him there you're drafting based on potential. Personally I don't like taking gambles in the first couple rounds and I also don't feel he's worth a 3rd round pick. Fourth round sounds right. He will be a FC and the flexibility can't be underrated.

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Yeah, he was low 60's in my league if I remember correctly. But it seems fair, All his numbers (except FG%) should rise. 20pts, 8reb, 2.5ast, 1stl, 1.5blk?

He's top 30 if he posts that. Not to mention he's going to go get you a couple 3pointers every game and shoot a good percentage from the line for a center.

Was this a chat or an interview? Anyway I just thought that Bargnani came up with some pretty intelligent and well-thought out answers. I think that's one of the things I've always appreciated about him. He can be very frank during interviews and seems pretty well-spoken (I'm not talking about grammar.. just the way in which he presents himself and his personality in these types of interviews).

Bargni lack of rebounding has always been due to the fact that he plays outside. As Bargni's game becomes post up oriented then you will see an increase in rebounding for Bargni. Because Bargni plays outside it gives the other Forward or Center a better opportunity to rebound. Thats why Bosh's rebounding was so high.